Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 — 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Telephone: +44 2037408280
E-mail: tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk
NUTS: UKI
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA28768
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Other: Charity
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Further Forces Programme — The Northern Recruitment and Delivery Hub
Reference number: SD 18/19.3
II.1.2) Main CPV code
80000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Education and Training Foundation awarded a contract for the management and delivery of “The Further Forces Programme – Northern Hub”. The further forces programme is a recruitment and training programme for service leavers wanting to teach SET subjects in the further education sector. The key activity of this ITT was to establish a Northern Hub to work closely with the University of Portsmouth as the Southern Hub, to recruit 100 service leavers to the programme and to provide support for service leavers to secure employment. The 2 delivery hubs, Northern and Southern together had a combined service leaver recruitment target of 210 service leavers on programme and in employment in the FE sector by July 2020.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
395 096.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
80000000
80400000
71350000
73410000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
ENGLAND
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Education and Training Foundation awarded a contract for the management and delivery of “The Further Forces Programme – Northern Hub”. The further forces programme is a recruitment and training programme for service leavers wanting to teach SET subjects in the further education sector. The key activity of this ITT was to establish a Northern Hub to work closely with the University of Portsmouth as the Southern Hub, to recruit 100 service leavers to the programme and to provide support for service leavers to secure employment. The 2 delivery hubs, Northern and Southern together have a combined service leaver recruitment target of 210 service leavers on programme and in employment in the FE sector by July 2020.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Project impact and outcomes
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: Approach and methodology
/ Weighting: 4
Quality criterion: Capabilty, capacity and skills
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Communications, recruitment and dissemination
/ Weighting: 5
Quality criterion: Equality and diversity
/ Weighting: 3
Cost criterion: Price and added value
/ Weighting: 5
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 143-327138
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SD 18/19.4
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
04/01/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Association of Colleges
2-5 Stedham Place
London
WC1A 1HU
UK
Telephone: +44 2070349941
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 395 096.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(MT Ref:215431)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Education and Training Foundation
First Floor, 157 — 197 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SP
UK
Telephone: +44 2037408280
E-mail: tenderqueries@etfoundation.co.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.et-foundation.co.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/03/2019